Evaluation of mosaic pattern areas in HRCT with Min-IP reconstructions in patients with pulmonary hypertension: Could this evaluation replace lung perfusion scintigraphy?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rossi, A ^a   Attina D ^a   Borgonovi, A ^a   Buia, F ^a   De Luca, F ^a   Guidalotti, P L ^a   Fughelli, P ^a   Galie N ^a   Zompatori, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic pulmonary embolism; HRCT; Lung perfusion scintigraphy; Min IP; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION; MOSAICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855521893     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.09.032     Document Type: Article

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